Operation Battleaxe Order of Battle - German and Italian Forces

German and Italian Forces

Commandante Superiore, Generale d'Armata Italo Gariboldi

  • Afrika Korps - Generalleutnant Erwin Rommel
    • 15th Panzer Division - Generalleutnant Walter Neumann-Silkow
      • 8th Panzer Regiment - Oberstleutnant Hans Cramer
        • 1st Battalion - Hauptmann Johannes Kümmel
        • 2nd Battalion - ?
      • 1st Battalion of the 104th Motor Infantry Regiment - Wilhelm Bach (stationed at Halfaya Pass)
      • Reconnaissance Battalion 33
      • 1st Abteilung of the 33rd Artillery Regiment
      • 33rd Panzerjäger Battalion (12 50 mm (1.97 in) PaK 38 and 21 37 mm (1.46 in) PaK 36 anti-tank guns)
      • 15th Motorcycle Battalion - Hauptmann Curt Ehle
      • One anti-aircraft battery (with 13 88 mm (3.46 in) FlaK 18 and 36 anti-aircraft guns)
    • 5th Light Division - Generalleutnant Johann von Ravenstein
      • 5th Panzer Regiment
      • 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion
    • Trento Division - Lieutenant-General Giuseppe de Stefanis
      • Three infantry battalions and one artillery regiment (stationed at the Sollum-Musaid-Capuzzo area)
    • Korps troops
      • Two regiments Italian artillery (stationed at Bardia)
      • One regiment FlaK (88 mm guns)

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